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In his one-man show Le Silence du Mirror, actor/director Bruno Abadie uses the Kafkaesque writings of Romanian-French playwright and novelist Matéi Visniec to poetically and humorously express the insanity of life under a repressive totalitarian government. Abadie’s stylized reading and … Read More

Only one week left to see “Iconomania” (through March 31) at the Maif Social Club, a new cultural space opened by the Maif insurance company in the Marais. This fascinating exhibition showcases young artists using new technologies to explore the … Read More

Who needs the Oscars when you can have the Césars? The immediate answer is that the organizers of the Césars themselves seem to be the ones who can’t do without their American equivalent. Like the British Oscars – the BAFTAs … Read More

Paris Update Art Notes CURE FOR TUNNEL BLUES Pixel Avenue, a monumental installation by Paris artist Fred Sapey-Triomphe, produced by Digitalarti, is a surefire cure for tunnel blues as it lights up the ceiling in a tunnel in Seine Saint-Denis, … Read More

Gaumont-Pathé has had the great idea of offering reduced prices on Tuesdays for some recent films that are about to go out of circulation. Tickets cost only €4.50 and must be booked online. Click here for details. Above: Isabelle Huppert … Read More

Even fluent French speakers sometimes have trouble understanding the dialogue in French films, so the new service offered by an association called Lost in Frenchlation, which subtitles French films in English, is a welcome one. The goal is “to make French … Read More

Paris Update Art Notes ART TREASURE TREKS Two-thirds of the Red team in front of “Eve after the Fall” (1869), by Eugène Delaplanche. A great way to get museum-averse kids (or adults) to take an art trek is to turn … Read More

Paris Update What’s New in Paris PERFORMING AT THE PARISPHILHARMONIC IN FIVE EASY LESSONS If I can do it, anyone can. Paris’s new Philharmonic, in an effort to bring the joy of making music to those who have missed the … Read More